# Rafael Viñoly

Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (Montevideo, 1º giugno 1944 – New York, 3 marzo 2023) è stato un architetto uruguaiano naturalizzato statunitense.

## Biografia

Figlio del regista Román Viñoly Barreto e dell’insegnante di matematica María Beceiro, nacque a Montevideo in Uruguay, ma crebbe e studiò in Argentina. Frequentò l'Università di Buenos Aires, ottenendo un diploma in architettura nel 1968 e un master in architettura e urbanistica nel 1969.
Nel 1978 si trasferì con la famiglia negli Stati Uniti. Nel 1983 fondò a New York lo studio di architettura "Rafael Viñoly Architects PC". Nel 1989 si aggiudicò la progettazione del Tokyo International Forum. Terminato nel 1996, è considerato da molti il più importante complesso culturale del Giappone.
Stanziatosi definitivamente a New York, morì il 3 marzo 2023 all'età di 78 anni.

## Opere

Completate
* 20 Fenchurch Street, LondraLehman College Physical Education Facility, Bronx, New York, 1994
* Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Giappone, 1996
* Bronx Housing Court, Bronx, New York, 1997
* Princeton University Stadium, Princeton, New Jersey, 1998
* Jongno Tower, Seul, Corea del Sud, 1999
* Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, 2000
* Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, 2001
* Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2002
* Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies, Providence, Rhode Island, 2002
* Pennsylvania State University, Information Sciences and Technology Building, Pennsylvania, 2003
* David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2003
* Princeton University, Carl Icahn Laboratory, Lewis Sigler Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, 2004
* University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois, 2004
* Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts, 2004
* National Institutes of Health, John Edward Porter Neurosciences Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 2004
* Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, 2004
* Duke University, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, Carolina del Nord, 2005
* Mahler 4 Office Tower, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi, 2005
* Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, 2006
* Wageningen University and Research Centre, Atlas Building, Wageningen, Paesi Bassi, 2006
* Bronx County Hall of Justice, Bronx, New York, 2007
* University of California, Los Angeles, California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, California, 2007
* Curve Theatre, Leicester, Regno Unito, 2008
* Fortabat Museum, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, 2008
* Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 2008
* New Terminal at Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2009
* West Quad Building, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, 2009
* City College of New York, Spitzer School of Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape Architecture, New York, 2009
* Vdara Hotel & Spa at CityCenter, Paradise, Nevada, 2009
* University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Regeneration Medicine Building, San Francisco, California, 2010
* Colchester Visual Arts Facility, Colchester, Regno Unito, 2011
* Edificio Acqua, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2008
* Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 2008
* Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008
* University of Oxford Master Plan and Mathematics Institute, Oxford, Regno Unito, 2013
* The Gateway, Al Raha Beach Development, Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2010
* South Texas Research Facility, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 2010
* University of Chicago, Medicine Center for Care and Discovery, Chicago, Illinois, 2012
* University of Arizona Science Center, Tucson, Arizona, 2011
* 121st Police Precinct Stationhouse, Staten Island, New York 2013
* Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 2013 (ampliamento)
* Mina Zayed Waterfront Development, Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi Uniti, 2012
* Claremont McKenna College, Kravis Center, Claremont, California, 2011
* Battersea Power Station Master Plan, Londra, Regno Unito, 2020
* Novartis Building 3, East Hanover, New Jersey, 2013
* 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London, Regno Unito, 2014
* 432 Park Avenue, New York, 2015
* Ponte Laguna Garzón, Uruguay, 2015
* Curve, Leicester277 Fifth Avenue, New York, 2019
In costruzione
* Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Boston, Massachusetts, 2014
* Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014
* University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business, Columbia, Carolina del Sud, 2014
* The New Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California, 2015
* 1401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015
* Manchester City Football Club, Etihad Campus, 2016